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Kevin Dahlgren
Personal blog · truthonthestreets.substack.compolitics
Kevin Dahlgren writes Truth on the Streets, a personal blog at truthonthestreets.substack.com about politics. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack, by Kevin Dahlgren, for its argument about homelessness statistics, including the claim that 20-25% of people counted as homeless actually have housing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Street-level reporting that challenges the narratives around homelessness, addiction, and mental illness.
What Hacker News says?
> Real homelessness is born out of desperation and lack of alternatives. There's no single cause or experience for being homeless. There's no "real homelessness" either. You might be interested to read "20-25% of all 'homeless' actually have housing" by Kevin Dahlgren. https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/20-25-of-all-homele...
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on “My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle”Submitted The Biggest Lie We Tell About Homelessness as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted I call it the Homeless Industrial Complex as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Organized Crime and the Homeless as a story · 2 points
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